Question

i’m new to asp.net mvc. I’m displaying data from a linq to sql query but unsure how to render a a list of data in a 2 column table.

eg. A list of products. I’ve seen this example, but wondering if there are any other suggestions – http://haacked.com/archive/2010/05/05/asp-net-mvc-tabular-display-template.aspx.

Hence if i have 6 products returned, i want them displayed in a table in this format, see below.

regards

Answer 1

this is what i came up with, it’s not the cleanest code, but there doesn’t seem to be a clear cut way of doing this.

<table>
<%
        int productCount = 0;

        foreach (var x in Model)
        {
            productCount++;

            if (productCount % 2 == 1)
            {
            %>
               <tr>
                    <td>                          
                        <%=Html.Encode(x.ProductId)%>              
                    </td>
            <%
            }
            else
            {
             %>
               <td>
                     <%=Html.Encode(x.ProductId)%>  
                </td>
              </tr>
           <% }
        }

        if (productCount % 2 == 1)
        {%>
            <td>&nbsp;</td></tr>
        <%}%>

</table>